An update on the ongoing campaign to keep people and squirrels from upsetting the eco-system of this planter on Fifth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
The Urban Tree Guard Etiquette Sign asks that people refrain from sitting on the tree guard railings ... because the tree guards are coated with grease to keep squirrels from digging in the planters.
In response, someone placed a "More Humanity Towards [sic] Animals" sticker on the sign...
It's not immediately clear if the sticker is in direct response to the sign... or perhaps just randomly placed. (A "More Humanity Toward Pants" sticker might be appropriate. Grease stains are tough, though not impossible, to remove.)
As previously reported, this tree guard is within the East Fifth St. Tree Committee boundaries.
Squirrels have more rights to the trees than we do.
ReplyDeleteTom how is that possible? Who determines squirrel rights?
DeleteSquirrels make good mittens.
ReplyDeleteMany of the tree guards in the nieghborood are some hybrid plastic wood like composite which are really not strong enough for the average human ass to sit on besides how many dogs pee on them in any given day?
ReplyDeleteYes Tom squirrels definitely have rights to the trees but not to the planters which I lovingly tend to and are there to be enjoyed by the humans that pass by. When they bury their nuts in the planters they tear out the plants. The squirrels can get to the trees by entering the tree pits from the ground level.
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